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Seated
in
profile,
the
young
men
pose
as
they
would
for
family
portraits.
On
closer
inspection
of
the
oval
gold-lined
frames,
the
serene
faces
are
scarred,
bald
spots
divided
by
deep
canyon-like
cuts,
shoulders
swollen
around
bullet
craters.
These
are
the
“after”
photos,
taken
after
the
men
had
left
their
homes
to
fight
for
the
Union
or
the
Confederacy,
and
after
they
were
wounded,
carrying
the
scars
of
the
American
Civil
War
for
the
rest
of
their
lives.“This
is
one
moment
in
this
person’s
life,”
said
Heidi
Knoblauch,
a
doctoral
candidate
in
the
History
of
Medicine
program,
who
is
examining
Yale’s
collection
of
98
photographs
taken
during
the
Civil
War
at
Harewood
Army
Hospital
in
Washington,
D.C.
“To
piece...